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PURC'HES MILES, 0F NEIV- YORK, N. Y. Letters Patent No. 63,169, datedMarcrQG, 1867; {mtcelated Merch 15, 1867.

IMPROVED CURTAIN FIXTURE.

TO ALLk WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

l Be it known thatA I, PURCHES MILES, of the city and State of New York,have invented, made, and applied tov use aA certain new and usefulimprovement in Curtain Fixtures; and Ido hereby declare the following tohe a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, referencebeing,r li'ad to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification,wherein- Figure l is an elevation of my improvement applied at one en dof a curtain roller.

Figure 2 is a detached plan of the cord-holder. i

The same letters Vrefer to corresponding parts.

Curtains have been mounted upon a roller, at the end of which is a spoolupon which a cord v is wound as the curtain runs down by its own weightor a weighted slat, and the reverse movement draws up-tliecurtan In thismode of tting, the cord has sometimes been weighted so as tocounter-poise the curtain, and ratchets and pawls operated upon by theord have alsobeen employed.'l 1 v AThe nature of my said inventionconsists in a slotted cordholder to take knotsfproj'ections, or'inequalities in the cord and prevent the roller'turnngbythe weight ofthe curtain.

' In the drawing, a represents a portion of the window-casing, 6 thecurtain, c the roller, d the spool, and e the brackets, of anydesired-character. f is the cord attachedlat one end to the spoold so asto wind-up the spool by the descent ot'.l the curtain, or wind up thecurtain by the rotation of the roller in drawing oil` the said cordf.gis my cord-holder formed as a slot, with an eye, 2, near the end, and1'1 are knots or projections in the cordf. It will ,now be understoodthat when the curtain is to be raised or lowered the cordfis to beheld.sorthat itpasses freely through the4 eye 2, but when the curtain is tobe held in place, the cord is to be moved into the slot of the. holderg, and one of the knots or projections 1, drawing up against thennderside of said holder g, prevents the further descent of the curtain.

What I claim, and desire to secure Letters Patent,'is-i The cord-holderg, in combination with a cord for curtain fixtures, upon which cords areknots or projections, substantially as land for the purposes specified;Y

In witnessfwhereof. I have hereuntoset my signature this eleventh day ofAugust, 1866.

- PURCHES RULES.

vIllitnesses:v

LEMUEL W. SummLL, l Giras. H. SMITH.

